And the crooked shall be made straight…

In the first of two features, Godfrey Holmes maps out the M1
as it reaches Derbyshire in the very different world of 1967.

AS the summer of 1967 reached its height, and Harold Wilson’s premiership was at its halfway point, there was neither the person nor the means for somebody to tweet: @Marples Ridgway/London2yorks Motorway Comes To Derbys/Engineering Miracle/New Link/No More Jams/Congratulations!…